Indications and outcomes of double free flaps in head and neck reconstruction

Microsurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-177

  Andrades, Patricio ^a   Bohannon, Isaac A ^a   Baranano, Chris F ^a   Wax, Mark K ^b   Rosenthal, Eben ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 563 Boshell Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STENOSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63049129255     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20588     Document Type: Article

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